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2002 riots : Government pleader hands over letter,sealed report on probe panels stand
The state government on Friday submitted a sealed report of the Nanavati-Mehta Commission before the Gujarat High Court regarding the panels status on summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi and six others in connection with the 2002 Godhra train carnage and the subsequent riots.
The report was submitted after the HC on June 17 granted a weeks time to the government to comply with its order to the Commission to make its stand clear on the matter.
Following the order,Government Pleader Prakash Jani today produced a letter from the Commission addressed to him along with a sealed envelope sent by the probe panel to be submitted before the court.
The HC had sought the status report while acting on a petition filed by Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM),a voluntary organisation fighting a legal battle for the 2002 riot victims. The petition had demanded the summoning of Modi and six others by the Commission to probe their role and conduct in the statewide communal riots. The Commission had turned down the demand. Following this,JSM moved the higher court. Further hearing on the petition has been kept for June 30.
The Commission,appointed by the government,was last week granted another extension of six months till December 31.
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